The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, January 16, 1901, Image 4
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' SOME GOOD ADVICE
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Qiven the Negroes by a Colored
Man
ON EMANCIPATION DAY.
Ha Appaal to Hit Race to Fit
Themselves for Citlzershlp.
Oppoaaa Reduction in tha
outh's Repraaantation.
Emancipation Day was oelobrated in
great style in Beaufort. The grand
f marshal of the day was Joseph Dais.
There was a street parade of oolored
Veterans of the late war, oolored militia
and business men and oitisens. The
exeroises were held at the sohool house.
The emancipation proclamation was
J 1 W*t- t m m wa aa ??
hh rasa 07 Aawsra mayors, nev. r. r.
I Watson was master of ceremonies.
HD Robert Smalls delivered a short address
reviewing the first emancipation oelebration
wbioh was held at Bdaufort in
I^P 1863. Gen. Rnfns Savon wired oongratulations,
as he was present in Bcaufort
at the '63 oolobration, whioh wore
road by Rev. WataoD; after whioh ho
Y introduced the orator of the day, Prosident
Thomas JS. Miller, who spoke in
Bf part bm follows:
H Mr. Chairman, veterans and fellow
eitisens: 1 am here at my old home,
having been honored by yonr oommitV
tee with an invitation to deliver the ad
dress on this the thirty-sevonth anni
vers ary of oar emancipation.
It is not in my power to express here
f % or elsewhere the heartfelt gratitnde that
J I owe yon and how docply I appreciate
this oall to be with you on this day?a
. day that means bo much to us negroes.
J It is indeed our passover, for upon it
the pronunoiamonto that made us men
and oitiiens and that sovcred tho chains
that bound us in fetters that wcro galling
indeed went into effect.
Every nation weak or strong has had
its passover day; and the more loyal
they are to their oountry, the moro patriotic
they are to their birthland, tho
more faithful they have been in commemorating
the day of their delivoranoo.
And this magnificent display of oitixenB
and soldiery and especially that solid
phalanx over there of battlo-soarrod
veterans who fought that this day
might not be robbed of its hallowed
blessings, remind me of the full measore
of loyalty, patriotism and self-saorir
fioing devotion to principles that are
the embodiment of the Amorioan No\
gro.
While in the state senate, ont of the
greatest compliments that was over
paid to the head, hand and heart of
Lthe American negro fell from the lips
ef that splendid Confederate chieftain,
Gen. Mart Gary. Said he: "Tho negro
is ignorant, but he is loyal to a
cause, he is fattnful to a trust, and
there is nobody of men found anywhere
who will follow a leader with moro
confidence, love and fidelity than tho
negro." "Give him leadership," paid
Get-.^Gary, "and he becomes blind to
everything other than to tho call of
< v ' **."
^^^Tes, dr. Obau'iiiifi, OUf pUuplA"ul?4yd
^^^^^^^j^^etrayed a trust, whether
the fields, in tne work shops
the battle field. History rooordu
him as never a oarping hypocrite
with foul treason in heart.
Standing here amidot tho very first
moments of a new century, having been
permitted to livo during the last
( half t\9 fho Acn^tiwn
. ?~ JUDfc JI?5BUU ,
\ iw>7, I am able to reoall many events
1 ?some of whioh aro reoordod history
1 And u I stand here and draw aside the
enrtain, and peep down, away down the
i vista of time, 1 see the events, as if
L with magio, passing before my vision
I all the way down, down the vistfc, porK
tiona whioh are onsouxed on aoooant ol
hoary age.
Can I, mast I stop for a moment and
point oat a few of the things we suffered
Rrevious to this, the birthday of our doveranoe?
No, oh, no. Most of thorn
are engraved upon oar hearts as if
bornt in by hot steel. Nevertheless
this is not the time for me to indulge
in the temptation to reoall them.
There is another task?a self in^
dieted task assigned me, and it is to
B deal briefly with present conditions,
B and from -them take a reckoning so as
to present to yoa a birdseye view of
the blessings that are to be ours in the
future?blessings that must come if we
W oanonly continue to bear and forbear;
blessings that we will enjoy if we will
only labor, prepare ourselves, and wait
for their ooming.
Henoe, 1 have ohosen for my subjcot
"At spes non fraota." Translated lit
erally my subject is, "Neveithless hope
is not broken."
At present oar situation is not what
we would like to have it. To one who
sees an objeot superficially the outlook
is gloomy, but after all the sun is still
shining, and the fog, the mist, must
and will disappear.
Bat, fellow oitisens, we mast lift
ap oar hands and eiecute, for no people
has ever prospered by waiting ?
supinely waiting?for outside assistance
or for outside interference.
Where aio we? Where are the ten
millions of negroes looated? We are
prinoipilly in the slave holding states,
?a^MMfcJulthere we mast and will remain un
lesTlre fiy-'roL. mder the Amerioan
to a land over whioh tho Amerioan v
eagle spreads not its wings in majesty
and power.
The north does not want us. Why,
even the great state of Illinois, which
famished oar emanoipstor, through its
present governor, Tanner, tolls us wo
mast not oome. Have yoa forgotten
that not two years agoheforbide negro L
laborers entering into the state of llli- \
nois to labor in the mines? ilo oalled h
as aliens and said that if we persisted t
In ooming there to work?not to vote? r
to labor in the mineB, the lowest of 0
labor, to earn broad by the sweat of our <j
brow; if we persisted in ooming there Q
to labor and to work he would moet us t
at the border with Qatling guns and a
shoot us to death.
Yes, friends, he was so reported in t
the daily papers, and 1 have novorseon u
it oontradioted. Nevertheless ho is ono ?
of oar Kepublioan governors. t
In every Kepublioan oonvontion, up j,
to the time Garfield was nominated, .
something was said in the platform D
favorable to the necro. But sinoe then v
oar great national Kepublioan oonven- ^
tions have not had men in them who .
were loyal enough'to?us to plaoe in the j
fdatform.one word of 'hope and oheer 0
or the negroeB who had boon faithful j
to them at all times and on all oooasions. v
The nation has just suoceedod in
eleoting a republican president, Wm j
MoKinley, and he has written a long t
messago to oongress. I know a nogro \
preaoher who grows frantio ovory time 0
he sees the word negro printed with a ^
little "nl": but on tho night aftor j
President MoMinley's rooont message ,
was printed, I heard a negro woman ex ^
olaim?"I wo'i'd have boon tKarkfal t*
Preaidout MoKinley if ho had ab'.e to
remember the negro with a little "n "
The troth is fellow oif'sons, ho did
not remember to write ua with any kind
of an "n".in his message.
The troth is, tho national rcpoblioan
party, through ita officers, havo served
notioo on ua thai they havo grown tired
serving ua, and that they do uot intend
to interfere with or a?Hst ua.
When President McKinloy rnado his
southern tour ho Bsid in Ueorgia that
every Confederate gravo wan a nnnu
uient to "American patriotit :u."
Fellow oitizena, lot mc quote Presi
dent McKinloy again: "E?ory Con
ieuoraio gravo is a inuuumuui iu niucrioid
patriotism." Do you doubt it? If
you aro republicans, which I know you
are, you do not daro doubt it, for our
republican provident, who is the official
mouth-pieco of the rcpublicau party,
said bo, and the party at the list eloo
tion endorsed it by ro electing him;
henoo, it is truo.
It is useless to livo if you intond to
livo in blindncsBs. Every utterance of
importance falling from tho lips of
nothern republicans, with very few ox
oeptions, tends to show that tho republican
party is getting in doubt on the
subjcot of who was right or who was
wrong during tho last war. What is a
patriot? What is patriotism? Can the
graves of men who were guilty of doing
wrong bo monuments to patriotism?
No, follow citizons, wo must accept
Win. McKinley as authority on this
subjcot.
Oao of tho soro subjects with us
negroes, particularly tho negroes of
Beaufort oouotv, is tho matter of our
partial and temporary disfranchisement,
and wo blame tho white peop!o of South
Carolina for it. In part they aro to
blame, but only in very small part.
They have accomplished this act with,
through, and by the permis-ion of the
national republicans of the north. If
tho north did not want it so, the hand
ful of white people in tho south could
not make it so
A re| ublican supreme court, by refusing
to interfere and asrist us have
said that thoy were right in this act.
The rcpublicau congress by refusing to
scat rej ublioan congrcsstut n 1 rum South
(Jaroioa have further ciuphasz d the
faot tbat tho whi e people of South
Carolina in this act have been right
Tho truth is but the tri:?h, and I am
hero to tell ycu the whole truth, anl ii
is this; the national republican party
has deserted us, has abandoned u ;
and with a very few oxo' ptions, the}
show by their failing to act, and afteu
by their utterances, that thoy need the
forgivennoss of the south lor ever hav
ing assisted us.
Wo have a few friends loft, but they
arc in a woeful minority. Chandler,
Mason, Allison, Tom Heed, and Ben
Harrison aro still with us, but whore
aro their backing? When it comos to
tho negro thoy stand almost a'oncl
from time immemorial (as mnasuroi
by tho life of tho American republi )
the negro has been the bono of orptootion.
In the early part of tho centu-v
tho faot of his being in tho sou'h, and
thereby was counted hv the smith in in
u a |>ui|ivm 111 in it & u mis s lunuana
ho homo of free men. Remain here
intil tne <lay oornes when, with the as
istancecf the white people, the law of
ho lind will drive out violent)?; remain
icro until, through and hy the whim
icople, the lav will ho sufficiently ad
ninistercd that the hu ubl< at black or
rhito oitiz n will, at any and all tim-s,
10 protected in his life, liberty and
irosperity; remain hero in tho south
and, that by our ironcnco, and on ao
ount of our great numbers, great, politoal
power will corno to and remain
nth the south.
Yes, General MoUrady saya we oamo
icro from Rarbadoes, ono year after
he whito man, with tho guu in one
land protecting tho life and property
four masters, and with ax, pick and
toe in tho other, roolaimiug and cl-nr
ng tho swamps and f -rests to make
his fiae habitation and abodo for free
oro, pcaoo and happiness.
claim to and pos^ci-sion of political
rcptescntation iu ilio national council
was a cause of a long and bitter strife
between the north and south.
The southern masters said that
though he was a black slave, ho was
human, and for that reason insisted
hat He stl'outcH-ibc counted in the ap
)ortionmcnt of tpoliiioal representation
imong the stately; and they did sucoend
n having oountoa tful ffi p"XTt?*-\Jft~niVT
ither hand the nrrth said that although
ic was human being ho was only a
ihattcl, hcuco in tho political appor
ionment he should not be oountcd at
ill; and that only free white men should
)c counted.
This sul j'ct of political rcprc-onta
ion for the n< gro agitated tho nation
rom its earliest birth, and was tho
ihief and dir ct cause of the firing of the
irst shot at Fort Sumter, and the surender
of that n b c ohiefiain at Appo
natox. It was the chief cause of the
{mancipation proclamation that was
ead here today;and today, thirty sc7od
rears after our emancipation, it is the
>ono of contention.
The question that oococrns ur rnoro
ban any other one question is tho fifty
lODgressmon who arc accredited to the
louth on account of the p oscnoc of
en million negroes in tho south.
Nearly ev.ry negro politician, nearly
ivery negro preacher, neatly every
hinking, well meaning negro through
>ut this glorious southland of ours, say
hat tho south should lose those fifty
longrcssmcu because of our partial and
cmporary disfranchisement.
"A prophet is not without honor save
n liia own eountry;" and why so? Be
tause he is a beer?one who unv? ils the
uture, and shows to hia fellow ouuutryuon
things that arc for their bo->t good,
>ut seldom in accord with their ihoughta
ir wished. Follow oitizens, that i- my
losition before you today. I have
tuiicd well thia subj -ot. an 1 as I sec
t, for my own good, my oouotry'a good.
,nd eapecially ihe good of my race. 1
eel that 1 am not in accord with the
houghts of thai raoc, but, oh, country
nen, negroes, have patience, g'vo me
'our HVmpat iy and 1 ear mo; lor the
lauae of negroes unborn.
I am unalterably oppo-ed to the eating
down of the souths representation
hat is given her on acoount of the ten
mllion negroea within her ooiifioes 1
mi opposed to it, first, because I am a
legro; sooond, beoau o i am a southern
icgro; third, because it is my expeota
ion to live and die tare, and oo> sole on
rish is that all who are connected with
no, as negroes, should remain in this
outhlaud?the bcBt place m tho world
or negroes.
Remain here and bear th? oppression;
omain hero with a heart full of love for
ho oppressor; remain h< re doing tho
ighl; remain hero making and saving
uoncy; roDiain hero with a pu-poso to
totter your condition regardless of tho
nrrouudings; remain here clinging to
ho land bccau c it is <ur birthright;
amain here resting upon tho promise
if God, praying to God for a better
lay, asking God to open the eyes of
iur white oitizent that they may sco
hat it is to their interest to assist us in
dl our undertakings, to unilo with us
? ... L- At:. .ii i
I Ml*. I l? .
"At spca dod fraita"?novortaeless
hope is not brokoD, aud let us rest up
ou tho anchor of hope, f ir tho day
wboo every right guaranteed to oitiz u
whip by tho constitution will bo given
to us by aud through tho white uian of
tho Huuih.
G >d can inoro mountains. Wo aro
not any worse sill oiod iu our citizen
ship a .d rights than have buou other
nations.
I have stated that 1 aui opposed to
the cutting down of tho representation
of the south. Why am I opposed to it?
lijoauso it would bo wrong, aud if it is
a wrong to temporarily disfranohise u i,
tho taking awav of tho south s rourcscn
tation for that r. aion wiu'd b j a greater
wrong Two wroug9 oao never make
a right llavo vou over stopped to
oouut tho cost to m negroes bhoald the
touth Iobo its fifty ootigrcRB'uen that
aro allotted to her on aeoount of our
prescnoo here?
If tho representation were taken
away it would mean absoluto and to:al
disfranchisement of tho peoplo who
had no representation in tho general
government.
For a timo tho whito poople wonld
mtfer, but if tho representation wore
taken away from tho south tho negro
would bo praotioally killed for one
hundred yearn. Some go so far ?b to say
that they do not oare what happots to
-43 nog oes so long as tho south loses
her fitiy representatives, but let us stop
and count the oust before wo j jia the
hue aud cry: "Cut down tho representation,
cut down tho bouth s ropresen
tation."
It is argued that it is no use to have
a thing that you cannot use; a right
that you cannot ct j >y. Bat that does
not hold good in ail ea^cs. The ohildren
of Israel were given the ark of the
oovcDaut, and after they had crossed
the Jordan tho) f- rgot ti:c teaohings of
Moses, anl for them tho urk oi the
covenant lost its power, but it was the
insignia of JeboVa's prom so lliatkd
to do service for the sinful Israelites
aud the Canr& iini es carried it away,
and placed 11 in their temple, in the
midst of their idols to unke it a thing
of dctision in its helplessness in that
touiplo of blit.dn'-ss. wickedness and
t.in; but whe-u they wont back to look
at 11 in derision, surroundeu by th?
idols of llitl, what di I thiy behold?
Why all their idols hvd tumbled to the
ground aud were crushed; and in that
sight the heathen saw that the ark of
the covenant, which was tho magna
oharta of tho Jews, hal in it the
aticngih aud protection to the Jews.
Let our ruin to Vote bo locked up
temporarily in tho temple of prejudice,
but do uot seek to destroy it ny asking
congress to cut down the representation
of tho South, whioh was givtn on
aooourit of our prescnoo hero. A right
(ic.00 given is never annihilated, and
should tho Eouth lose tho representation
given on account of our presence
wo will bo disfranchised forever ?we,
and not the whito man, will be the
sufferer t jt all time if tho act is per
petrated.
No, follow citizens, let tho south
I,.,. . 1..1.1 1. . L .
Iiatu UVl l< !'iClClit4l(JU, ?|llI<JUgll III?T
right id looked up ia iho temple of
blind prejudice; but if the right remains
tho time will one, and ojino it
limit, wheu the whi e rneo of the south
will invite uh to et j >y it with them
Let us prepare ourselves for its ci j ?ytnent,
for it wi.l eruio tuck to us iu its
fullness and its right.
Let us resolve to use it with our white
neighbors for the benefit of ourselves
and our white ne'ghb >rs. Let us resolve
to fit ourselves educationally,
<puiluawju ana"m'WJ. 1 ulj' tor its use"
and enjoyment.
In short, let us look to the south.abso
lately to tho south to assist us in the
crjjyment of every right that belongs
to free ci '"aunt-hip. If they do not
give it to us the north will nevrr inter
fere or assist us to get it. We l ave
been theb>nc of oontcntion betwem
the two siotions too long It is time
for us to eouoatc ourselves that we
may soo the truu in wardness or motive
of this po ideal agitation.
Tho Jews had been disfranchised
ia Europe for hundreds of years, but
ihcy remained a virtues aspirii g.aohi- v
in*, God fearing, neighbor loving p o
i lc; an 1 toJav on aeo unt of their in
teliigenoe, high moral dovel ipement,
integrity, and wealth, they dictate al
most any terms of peaoeor war to the
crowned heads of tho world.
G >d is God and n^hi is light. "Justice,
like a volcanic lire, may t-lcep
awhilo .-uppr -St d, but can't expire.'
Live right. L>) right. God is not dead
"At spes nou fraita."
Wo must possers ourselves of technical
education, commercial education,
industrial education We must prepares
ourselves to oc upy every avenue
of thrift and legitimate gain Get mo
noy, but got it honestly. Keep money
nut do uot hoard it. Keep it to assist
you ia di vel >ping the southland Keep
money to a-isint you io bettering vour
condition, and scouring h mos K:op
mouey for a niny day. Keep up your
churches; support your preachers; sup
port jour school-; teach your girls t??
work ai homo, ana by so doi?g >ou ? II
strengthen tiieir morality. And lot us
not foTxvt that wo owe a dut>:first to
South Carolina; second to the natior ;
third, to our-olv.s; a^d last, but nut
b ast, to O id
Kr in the report of Superintendent
MuMahaa we see that moro negroes
attend pub io schools than whites
It is true that we get loss than one
third o' the money appropriated for
the public ichools of the state, but
whew wo consider who the ruling ehi-s
cs are, and are reminded of the pohii
oil antagoui-ui that has existed bo
twoen the two races, I am r. ally sur
pri-ed, cd.fi.d and gratified to ste
that our political antagonists have
treated us so we!i, and arc spending ai
much as ihey do spend on ihe negro
for i lie purpose of education.
Mysulj ot, "At rpes non fracta,"
is the mo.to of tho Hope family, but
their court, of arms is more striking
than the motto. If I had the power of
a great artist I would throw that ere at
oat of arms on canvas thai you might
behold it; but as I csnnftt draw 1 will
present you a pin picture of it. At
the bottom of the picture is a representation
of our world?the globo on
which we live?but it is oraoked nearly
in half. On each side of the yawning
abyss separate 1 by tho ohasm, arc tho
two Hope sisters, each ono of thrm
with the end of a chain thro wn over tho
should* r that ii ringb l ed to the oarih,
and at tho othi r crnls of tho chains are
aech ?rs tha are he! 1 a o't by tho right
hsrdofcaihsi ter Out of them is
the picturo of despair; but tho oountonanee
of the o her beams with smiles
as she points totho rent in the tarth
that separates thorn, and she casts her
ei cs away i ff to the sun thot is just ris
ingp'o not moan on account of this) a vn
ing ab>ss that separates us, for nevertheless
hope is n ?t broken, and God's
own timo tho strength <f the sunlight
will olose the breach in our sphere that
par s us and wo will ho united again.
And, oh! fetlov citiz m, lotus take
courage, aid posies our elv. s of tho
faith of Abraham, tho oonfidmco of j
Daniel and Nohouiiah, that sonio day, I
homo how, only in God's own timo will j
^
f
tho bualight of liberal education, the
sunl'ght o? loving forb^aronoe, the sunlight
of determination aud patienoo
will drivo, yea, drive away tho raneoor
and prcdjudioe that divido our raoo
from tho white raoo.
Yos, if wo live right, give and take,
tho day will oomo when the gulf that
Bcparate ui will bo bridgod across Then
lot uh look to the southern white n?nnl?
I for ht l| ', a-k them by ourhfe,to help us
I to o 040 up the rout that no* exists in
I political spbeiv; and uatil it c unoR let
us not forget this beautiful motto, "At
apes non fraota"?nevertheless hopo is
not brokon.
The Now Appjrtionmwnt
By a voto. if 165 to 102 tho houtc
Tuesday aoooptol tho roappotioniAint
pUu propisod by tho Barloigh bill
whioh moreaios tho momborship of tho
houbo during tho next dcoado from 357,
tho prcsont membership and tho mom
oorship proposed by tho oommitteo or
llopkins bill to 336. The rosult w&s
largely brought about by tho infiuonoo
of certain senators from aevoral of tho
larger northern states who throw tho
weight of their influonoo in tho soalo in
I favor of tho larger momborship. When
it booamo apparent that these factors
were at work against his bill Mr. Hop
kins attempted oompromiso by giviag
an additional representation eaoh to
North Dakota, Colorado and Florida,
but his adversaries refused to oompromiso
after complote vioiory was assured !
l'ho Cruiupaoker prosposiiion to reooni I
mil tho bill for tho purposo of a'Ojr
laining what states abridged tho jight
to voto to an extent which would email I
I rcduood representation was dofeated
13') to 110. 1'horo was no roll oall on the
I voto but a Dumber of itonublicans vot
ed with th j Democrats. Under tho bill
as passed today no Btato loses a ro
I presentativo and tho following make
gains; Illinois, Now York and Texas
ttiree each; >liunesota. New Jersey and
l>jnnri> Ivai.ia two caoh; Arkansas, Cal- I
iro nia, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, I
Louisiana Ma-Bachuotts Mississippi,
Hisouri, North Carolina. N >rth Dakota,
1 Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin
ouo each
A Strange Case
Despondent because hor lovo for Mrs.
I Juhu White must bo oonfloed within
the l ound of friendship. Miss Katherinc
K. Gorhara, < f Wiohedoa, Mass., oom
milted suicide Wednesday evening by
I shooting herself in tho head while sit
I ting in a room with her mother. The
infatuation dates bank two years, when
I they livid in adjoining houses. Tho
I intiimoy was not p'ea-ting to Mrs Gor
ham, but there sccm< d no way to stop
I it. Liit fall, when Miss Gorliam went
to B >ston to study elocution, Mrs
Wlnto hired a room thoro so as to bo
I near her friend. About a year ago Miss
Gorham went to a sanitarium in I'hila- I
delphia for treatment for a mental
trouble, an! came baok apparently
cured. Miss Gorham b?? 91 ?!.? '
the ttcncral assembly. Il was dotcrmin?
d la call the present county board up
lor a hearing, that charges of official
misconduct aro to be formulated, aud
thai if the resignations of tho members
aro not forthcoming, tho board will try
tho;u according to law The legislative
d< Ic^ali in ii u idi rt >od to bo in ayiu
path/ with tho board, and il looks as if
the old oouiity board must go. The
Siate board has determine 1 to probe
the Kingstrco matter, so (ho members
say, 10 11 very bottom, and do everything
possible to havo j isiioo mitcdout
l>.r oior D ikes, at tho rc<| test of
tllniruian Williams, wont iu person to
K.U gsirte a id direotod tho arrest of
the amused dispe iscr, taking tho pro
li uinary steps in tho prosecution. Tno
afternoon s ssion of tho hoard was
ed prinoipilly to tho consideration
if various r. n icsts for the return of
l.qa <rs seised oy tho dispenrary oouolabi-.s
as contraband.
daughter of Mrs. Marian Gotham,
Grove street, editor and proprietor of
tho VVinohendoD Courier. MissQorham
spent the greater part of the day with
Mrs. Whito, going with her tohcr home
on L'nden street. Mr. White, who did
uot ai prove of tho intimacy between
the wo lien, ordorod Miss Gorham out of
the huu-o. Sho wont direct to a store
and b ught a revolver She had gone to
the Hotel Winohcndon and hired a
room, to which she was accompanied by
Mrs White. Tuey remained in the
room until 7.30, when thoy left, for
their respective homes. Arrangements
for tho l'un^ral will not be coit^id
. '1 - ti! .1 e ar.-iv .1 of Mrs. (io.-ha^M^r ~
Mrs Smith, from I'ui.addlphia 'White
is a traveling salesman for WhilciRros ,
cotton manufacturers. W
Force Hauua'a Hand
According to the Washington correspondent
to tho Atlanta Journal Senat
r H?nna is u-ing the threat of~?n
tra session of congress to foroe action
on his ship rubsidy bill. Ho is reported
as having appealed to Sena or Cla*'? tho
leader of the minority, to allow th^bill
to conic to a vote in order to prevent
'.ho ncccfsity for an extra aost>ior;to
which appeal Senator ''lay, very properly.
turned a deaf ear. This is as it
-Jiouid be, and it is to bo hoped tnc op
position to this imxiusablo grab will
stand fi'tn throughout tho presort session
be eailed if Hanua and his crew
insist upon it; ?it will only make this
-ubsidy iniquity stand out in its t'uo
light. It is siuiplv a determined cf
fort on .lie part of llanna and the administration
to rewaid certain syndio.'cs
for their contributions to the Republican
campaign fund, aud they
i? i.. .- f..ll
" iiwutu >m lutiuu iKJ auuuj'b lull icopuusibi'ity
for it. The people may wake up
To a full realization of the situation
when they sicthat the people who uow
havo ctctrol of tho government are
oven willing to 'oroo an extra session
of congress if ncc.SHary in order to ox
tort this immense tribute forthobeno*
fit of a few millionaires.
Trusts Beat Him.
The defeat of Senator Chandler of
New Hatui shire for renominaiion by
tie It i uMioan cuoua of his Statu
legislature is pvssrilv more of a sur
i rise to tho people of tho oouotry than
o tho senator himself, who has indi
rated forcb jdings of this r< suit. It is
not often that a s -nator who-o service
lias b n o long as Mr. Chaudler's is re
jeoted by his party, and very seldom
that his defeat is accomplished by so
overwhelming a iuaj ?rity. It is p >s-ible
that his altitude on tho silver
question lias som? thing to do with ?eoucing
bis pot u arity, but the senator
himself has deolared that powerful
railroad influ-no; s were devoted tohis
It feat. It has become a very ticklish
milter wiih Republican statesmen to
tf mi railroads and trusts. Attorney
General Monnett of Oiiio prosecuted
t he Standard Oil trust and his head
fell in tho ba-ket According to Ohansllt
r the railroads of New Hampshire
i.re in charge of the Republican guillotine
in thai State.?Tho State.
The Kingstree Matter.
The Columbia S^ato says the board of
directors of the State dispensary mot
Wednesday and took up tho Kingstroo
shortage matter. A oonfcronco was held
urilh ill.* W it I in rwi-Kliril ?l,.ln<.??mn in
SPECIAL MESSAGES
From Governor McSw*en?y 1c
the Legislature
EXPENSES OF THE MILITIA
|rcu-r*d in Suppressjrg th?
Threatened Uprising In
Oeo'gtown, 8oma
Valued Relics.
Tho governor Friday transmitted tt
the general assembly thrco mofBtgof
upon matters ot some interest. Ont
is aocompanicd by tho cxpenso aocouni
of tho soldiery Boot to Qeorgotown tc
put down the alleged trouble.
Tho t-eoond messago relates to the
flags of the Palraotto regiment in Flor
ida, and tho vase presented Androw
Jackson by tho women of S)Uth Caro
lina and left by him at his death to the
last survivor of tho Palmotto regiment.
This was referred to tho oommittce on
military in tho house.
The message as to tho expense of the
troops went to the ways and meant
committee of tho houso, and the third
whioh r ferrcd to tho O'ding of oertain
lands on Sullivan's Island to tho Uni
led States government was sent to the
judiciary committee of the houso
Tho following is tho text of the throe
messages:
EXPENSES OK TROOPS.
Gentlemen of the Goneral Assembly
Oa two occasions during tho past
year it becamo necessary in order tc
maintain tho reaoo and prevent mob
violence to call upon the strong arm ol
tho militia. The promptness with
whioh tho volunteer troops res "mied
and tho hea'thful influence o. heir
presence is strong cvidenoe of tho effi
cicncy of the servioo and tho wisdom
of proporly maintaining a well organized,
disciplined volunteer soldiery.
There was necessarily some expense
oODBeotcd with the calling out of the
militia, and I bog to submit herewith
the item z d statement of oost and re
oommend that you make provision tc
j ay the samo. In the Florence trouble
I paid out of my oontingent fund all
the expenses except tho amount due
the railroads for transportation. In tho
Georgetown matter only ono item has
been paid, that of transporting the
Sumter oompany from Sumter to
Georgetown, and whioh had been advanced
by tho oaptaia of tho oompany.
I could havo arranged to borrow this
money but there was no authority of
law for it, and I thought best to lot it
stand utjtil an appropriation could be
made by you, My contingent fund was
inadequate to pay it. Proper vouchers
aro on filo for tho various items It is
a just and proper charge against the
Sta'c, a-id 1 am suro will receive your
favorable oonsidcration. Hero arc tho
items for whioh an appropriation is
asked, and also a statement showing
what has been paid:
OEOBOKTOWN TROUBLE.
First battalion of infantry:
Two days for 177
men $ 531.00
Hauling guns, oto . 5 52
t^arreTbocr2 75
Bread, eto ....... 5 58
Transporting 17 7
men and guns
(Charleston to
O mrgotown and
return ( V. C. L ) 9?i 00 $1.465.85
Sumter companx '"*
Three da>s for 36
men ' 157.53
Transporting 36 men
Georgetown t o
8jlmter(.\ 0 L) 87 75 213 25
. Trjorgetown companies:
Two days 37 men
troops K 8. C.
V. ealary Ill 00
Four days, 45 men,
Co 1,8 C. V. 1. 270.00 381.00
Total amount due in
Georgetown troublo
2,090.10
Amount paid out of
contingent fund
Transpotation 8 im
ter to Georgetown 85 75
Total cost of State
to Ge orgetow a
trouble $2,175.85
FLORENCE TROUBLE
To amount duo the
A. C. L. railroad
f'?r special 'rain . $ 416,00
Paid out of contingent fund:
Tim mom vtlle Guards.. $200 62
11 MoL nd <o, sheriff .. . 98 75
11 MoLeudoo, Sheriff.. . 15 01)314.37
Total cost to State in
Florence trnub'o $ 760 37
RECAPITULATION,
Amount duo by Siato in
Georgetown trouble $2,)90 10
Am >unt dun by Stato in Florocoo
truublo 446>.00
To'al amount f jr which appro
priatinn is a-kod $2,536 10
Yours v ry respectfully,
M. B. MoSweoney,
Governor.
II a UIAIVA.I 1T/VU ntl.lUI
Gentlemoa of thotlcneral Assembly:
In tho early put of iho past yoar Col.
Tames 1) It aridity pros'doil of tho
I'a m tto K.'gimeat Survivor.' a-^sioiation,
addressed iuo a loiter as governor
turning over to tho S.ato of South
('arol>ua in porpituo ono of the two
Higs carried by tho regiment in tho
war with M< x oi, togother with the
regimental rcoirds Ho also submitted
a request of tho ixeoutivo cimmittco
of tho survivors association that they
bo allowed to p'aoo tho ' Jaekson vaso"
in tho lcgislaiivo library under a glass
case and under oare of the Heorotary of
stato or of tho librarian; so that tho
survivors may know, at loast, whero it
is.
Both wore accepted as the correspondence
hereto attached will show. The
flag was plac.d in tho Siato library and
tho vaso is in tho office of thi secretary
of stato. Thcro is no glass case uador
wh;oh it may bo placed.
Uodcr a resolution of tho Burvivors'
association tho vaso is to bo kept by
tho cxeoutivo oommittco for and to bo
tho property of the last survivor of tho
rcgimont. Thcro arc still about 40 survivors
as tho records herewith submitted
will show
Thcso are preoious relios and havi a
history whioh all true Carolinians
should be proud to oherish.
Tho records should bo preserved in
somo place where they oould bo easily
a?'0t si iblo in oase it should bo desired
to refer to them or have tho history
published and thcso records put in
inoro permanent form.
1 beg herewith to submit tho oorroapondoncc
and tho records for such dis
-
^a|
THE B
Grove's!
> The formula i;
' know just what yoi
do not advertise the
, their medicine it yo
Iron and Quinine pu
form. The Iron
malaria out of the s
Grove's is the Ori{
Chill Tonics arc im
that Grove's is su
are not experiment)
and excellence ha
only Chill Cure so
the United States
position as your honorable bodies may
' deem proper to ir.ako.
Res* ectfully submitted, I
M B. MoSweeney, ,
Governor. 5
tiie su li. van's island fort. t
Gentlemen of the General Asi-embly: t
1 brg to band 3011 herewith a letter
' which I rociivcd from the Honorablo I
J K'ihu Root, sroritaryof war which ex I
plains itself. Al-o a draft of a bill
1 which hcsuige-ts bat to woul 1 like ;
to havo passed by the general assent- t
bly. I ask for this matter your con t
federation and such action as in your s
wisdom may seem proper. 1
Respectfully submitted, s
M. B. McSweenoy, 1
Governor. )
1 Mr. iCIihu Root in his letter to the )
governor says: i
Sir: By an act approved February v
' 9. 1900, tho legislature of South Caro- )
1 lina ceded to the Uoitcd States title *
and j iri-diotion over cortain traots of 1
1 land in the town of Moultrievillo and
Sullivan's Bland, South Carolina, rx
1 cepting from tho acres described "those
portions which are occupied and in use
by tho public as highways, known as
Central avenue and Beach avenue " fc
B aoh avenue, within the limits of the 1
reservation, is impassable by vehiolcs '
True Uliivalry. <
A little ragged, dirty, typioal negro
hoy was riding an old wornout, broken (
down mule that wouldn't trot if a looomotivo
were to pu?n it along The
boy held a hurdle in his hand and wa<
using hia ooat as a saddle Tho tnulc
had almost stopped in tho muddy atrrot
and iu hia efforts to coax the animal, he
dropped hia bundlo and hia coat fell in
to tho mud below. A prominont bank '
president of Greenville was en tho street 0
nearby at tho time noticed tho disoom *
fituro of tho black Afrioan. With the ^
kind and tender heart, eharao'.oriatio
of a truo southerner, this moneyed ,
man waded through mud and with tho
saute motive he would have had had ho
been wailing on Prosidcot McKinloy
handed thia little ooon his bundle, as
aistcd him artanging hia coat and with
the aid of a switch managed to coax
thjmulo on. Thia act of the well
known bank president is worthv'of im- '
itation.?Greenville News.
on aooount of s?nd drifts; and tho clrs t
ing of this avenue is essential to tho i
proper laying out of the nrlitary post, d
Central avenue is a winding street with 2
a narrow shell road ani is not properly s
kept up by the town on aooount of laok 2
of funds. It would seem desirable that
title and jurisdiction of that portion of t
Central avenue wiihia tho resevation 1
should be in the United States in order 1
that it may be improved and main- c
tained by tho govenment s
I have the honor, therefore, to irolose
tho draft of an ant providing for
the cession of title and jurisdiction
over those portions of Ucaoh avenue
and Central avenue, excepted from the (
lauds heretofore grantod to the United ?
States, for the closing of Beaoh TPknd n
for a h!^nway, and for the keeping j
open of Central avenuo as a public ,
street, and to reepost your good offices j
in recommending the same to the set- \
ato and house of rcprcient?tive9 cf s
your State. jp
Under seotions 71 and 72 of the g^n n
oral statutes of South Carolina, 1882.
the title of thco streets is in the State
of South Carolina.
Very respectfully,
Klibu Hoot, '
Secretary of War Dcp't.
The Tea Industry
The sue lessful expi rimed of United
States Commissioner of Agriculture Lo
Duo, followed by the successful plant .
mg and macufacture of tea at the l'mo J
hurst farms, Summerville, near Char
iaston, baa attracted northern capital [
ists: who will go into the business on
_ 1 t J -L
In mm" mjnc ar,u who cipeu to raise
30W,0t)0 pounds annuilly f ir tho Am ircm
market. Col A C. Tvler aad M.?j
R DTrimbleof New Lmdon, Conn., and
the Baron A. von Brunig, formerly of
the German legation at WashingtOER
are leader* of the enterprises and have 1
already bought 4 000 acos of pine land *
along tho linn of the Charleston and .
Savannah railroad, 15 miles from here,
Messrs. Tyler and Trimole were in
oamp at Summervillo during the was
with Spain and the success of tea
oulture at Pmchurst M j Trimble,will,
it is said.by tho active head ol the com
pany. It is said that Dr. Shepard has
had this year twioo as many orders for
tea as ho onuld fill
Tho Tax Extension.
The time for tho payment of taxes
has been extonded after all. As thing
now stand the taxpayers who have fail
cd to oorne to time will havo umtl Fob.
1 to do so. Friday morning the special
commission in whom is vested tho right
to extend tho time, consisting of the
governor, the comptroller general and
the attorney general met aud it was de
oided to extend the time till the day
named. Tbo State says this action was
the result of the action of tbo house in
adopting tho Ashloy resolution provid
lug for tho extension until March 1.
Tho oommission has b'en strongly
against any e xtension this year, but the
legislature seemed determined to pro
vide for one. The comptroller asserted
that an < xtension till March 1 would tanglo
up the books all ovir tho Stato thai
it would be a serious matter. The r- au t
was tho aotion taken Friday, whioh.
it is said, will prove satisfactory to the
senate. Thoso who havo failed to pay
their taxes will bo glad to hear of this
aotion, but ovory treasurer and auditor
will hear of it with regret.
'I***
irifli Chills ^
maarn^ ipnssKg
EST PRESCRIPT
r asteless Ch
? plainly printed on every
u are taking when you take
ir formula knowing that y
hi knew what it contained,
t up in correct proportions a
acts as a tonic while the
vstem. Any reliable druggis
{final and that all other
itations. An analysis of oth<
pcrior to all others in c\
ing when you take Grov
ving long been establishc
Id throughout the entire
No Cure. No Pp v. Pric<
The Pen Must Go.
A stationer is thus quoted in the
Philadelphia Record: as thn
linetecnth oemury brought the steel
>en in plaoe of the quill, so will the
.wrnticth century s^e the typewriting
Eacltino take he p'aoo of tho p-d.
I'lic < ff< ot is already very noticeable.
Last year wo didn't sell half as many
>eos as w? gidd five years avo, aid th>
Icoreasa has been steady caon year
dome large buisness houses have a hyaena
of keeping books with typewriting
n c iincH, and when this becomes more
amplified it is bound to be universal.
[ shouldn't be surprised to see the pen
unufae urrrs go out of bu-inrst w>th
n a few years. ltd cd, it is not hart-nd
the range of possibility bat a
hundred years from now handwriting,
f not exaotly regarded as a lost ar,
rill at. least b ; looked upon as a re'io
f amiqui y, and spcxinons o? handvri
ing will bo treasured at curio?iics
"
A Busy Life Emled.
Col. Wto L IVonholm, who w?p eotnroller
of the treasury duiiog Cloveand's
first administration, died at hie
tome in New York Friday of pneumjlia.
Col. Trenholm was a native of
jharlcs'on but bad lived ia Now York
or several years, where he was engaged
n business. In commenting cn bis
loath The State says during hts stay iu
s'ew York Coi. Trenholm was the oon
ant friend and advisor of those
iouih Carolioiais who appealed tibim
itid we have Been it stated that be
icver permitted an irquiry or request
'rom his old State to pass unheeded.
Thus, although absent in body, he g*ve
lonstaDt evidence that his heart was
till with the people of South Carolina.
Money for Schools.
At a m'-cting' f the hoard of direotors
?f the dispensary Friday asteraoon
Chairman Williams stated that the G
uiDnij] condition of tr***wAtitution
iow warranted the payment of $100,000
to the schjo! fund aid a tesoluti >n to
his iffeot was immediate y offered bv
i\.. i --J ?
'iicumr i/unca anc aaoptea. Mr
Villiains further stated that tho diapenary
wou'd be ablo to pay iuto sohool
und 150,000 additional within the
icit thirty days.
THE LEIOEB INDEED.
rhe New Ball Bearing
Domestic
Sewing Machine
t Leade in Workmanship, Beauty,
Capacity, Strength, Light Banning.
Every Woman Wsnt- Ono.
\llachiuenf8, Needles and
Parts for Sewing Machines
of all makes.
When ordering needles send
tample. Price 27c per dozen.
;n>e? paid
\<on*? Warned in I'ao^eup: >d I irri
i?rv.
i i, bin I?L,
_ I
1_M? lay lor Street,
<'OLDMBIA S C!
? #3?. %
TRALIB ySjT MAWW.
*
OLL) NORTH STATE OINT
ViENT, the Great Antisepth
dealer, cures Piles, Eczema.
Sore Eyes, Gianulated Eyelids.
Jarbuncles, Boils, Cuts, Bruis
*s, Old Sores, Burns, Corns,
Bunions, Ingrowing Toenails,
Inflammatory Rheumatism.
Aches and Pains, Chapped
dauils and Lips, Erysipelas
Lt is something everybody
leeds. Once used always used.
For sale by all druggists and
lealers. At wholesale by
THE MURRAY DRUG CO
Columbia, S. C
PITTS'
tNllSEPIIC INVIGQRATOR!
i'ma a.i t oai voh hud l>owci u.>uoloe co.io or
hclero morbus, teething trouble! with
ihl'idren, kidney trouble*, bad blood And
ill tort* of tore*, risings or felon*, ouu nnJ
turn*. It i* m good antiseptic, when looni! j
ipphed, at anything on the market.
Try It and you will praise it to other*
f your druggist doesn't keep it, write to
MURRY DRUG COMPANY.
imHjIimria s n
-' M [i\Stj COCAlwF.^"WHISKY i
' l?i '4 IkC^ ?V1 lluhltM Oared xt mr 8?nitnr 1
kJ H ?1P iun,. In Jto dn,?. Ilundrwt*
M H of r- fereiii-on y> jri.re n reclnitr Hoo* on
JS WW llome Tre ilmen! ?^nf I HKK. Addreee
H. M. WOOLL5V. M. D.. Mlsntn. Ca. I
1
l</ 1
I ('<V
ION IS
ill Tonic.
bottle?hence you
Groves. Imitators
ou would not buy
Grove's contains
tnd is in a Tasteless
Quinine drives the
,t will tell you that
so-called Tasteless
cr chill tonics shows
/ery respect. You
e's?its superiority
rd. Grove's is the
malarial sections of
:. coc.
Saw Mills,
Corn Mills,
Cane Mills,
Rice Hullers,
Pea llullers,
Engines,
Boilers,
Planers and
Matchers,
Swing Saws,
Rip Saws,
and all other kinds of wood
working machinery. My Sergeant
Log Beam Saw mill is
the heaviest, strongest, and
most efficient mill for the
money on the market, quick,
accurate. State Agent for H.
B. Smith Machine Company
wood working machinery.
For high grade engines, plain
slide valve?Automatic, and
Corliss, write me: Atlas,
Watertown, and Struthers
and Wells.
V. C. BADHAM,
132ft Main St., Columbia, 8. C.
Hard to Beat our Line I
of MaShinnry mi 1
Mill Supplies. "
LEADERS:
Lane, Chase, liege, LidJell and High
Point saw mills
The Murray Cleaning and Distributing
System.
Liideil Automatic and plain Enginej.
"Sioux" Oor.iss Engines.
"New South" Brick Machinery.
FurimU. Tk V. J '1 ?* ' *
....{UUKI iuicaucre tftUUL unua L/ruiB.
Diss ton Saws and Files
Peerless Packings, Sjeesns Sewer Pipe,
and Supplies generally
Brie Oily Engines aud Boilers
Egsn Woodworking Machinery.
"Queen of the Siuth" Grist Mills
Kelley Dup'ex Feed Mills
Bucdy Traps and Steam Specialties
Magnolia and Columbia Babbett Metals.
B. H." Bibbes & Co.,
M A.0H1 NKUV and Mil. I, 3Ui'FLIKS
w>4 (iervals 3t.e-i,
COLUMHIA, 8. C.
Ortman Pays m
the EXpress
3ihaui Dyeing of every
description. fSiHtm, Nap
tha, Wrench Dry sad
chemical cleansing. dead
for oar aew price list and
circular AM worK gnar
aateed or no charge. ,
Crtman's Steam Dye Works
I UO Main Street
bill.! * Kl A. u
A. L Ortman Proprietor
Murray's
Aromatic
Mouth
Wash
W hiteus the Teeth
Cleanses the Mouth
Mw*??tens the Breath
The?
Murray
Drug Co.,
COLUMBIA,S. C.
MONEY TO LOIN
On improved real estate.
Interest eight per rent,
payable semi annually.
Time 8 to 5 years.
No commissions charged
E. K. Palmer,
Ontr&lNttional Hark Huildinj*,
806 Plain St-, Colnmbia, S. C.